Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1180
Title	Letter in French from Willem Buys, Amst[erdam], Netherlands, to Robert Harley, [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; 7 Sep. 1706
Date	7 September 1706
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to a change of plan and notes his own approval; states that he has submitted this to the Conseiller Pensionnaire and will inform him shortly of the resolution on this. Reports the election of the Bishop of [Baderborn] as Bishop of Munster; hopes the Queen will cooperate in the confirmation of this appointment; refers to background of this election and reasons for various preferences; refers to Holland's efforts on behalf of the Common Cause and to her friendship with England and contrasts her actions with those of a certain Prince who withdrew his troops from the Empire. Enclosure at Pw2 Hy 1181.
Language	French
Term	elections, foreign ecclesiastical
	diplomacy, with Netherlands
	European affairs, politics 1706

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA29977	Munster; - (fl 1706); Bishop of	fl 1706
NA29481	Buys; Willem (1661-1749); -; Pensionary of Amsterdam 1693-1725	1661-1749
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724